Daniel Medina, 41, of El Paso(Photo: Provided by New Mexico State Police)

LAS CRUCES - Daniel Medina, the 41-year-old El Paso man accused of killing one person and severely injuring another when driving drunken and the wrong way on Interstate 25 in Las Cruces, will be jailed until trial.

That's according to a decision made Friday by 3rd Judicial District Court Judge Doug Driggers, who declined to set a bond that may have allowed Medina to get out of jail while awaiting trial.

Leading up to that, 3rd Judicial District Attorney's Office prosecutor Richard Jacquez had argued that Medina posed a threat to the public because he has two prior DWIs on his record, one from October 2009 and another from November 2015.

The night of the crash, Jacquez said, Medina was "consuming alcohol at a brewery in Las Cruces.

"We'd ask you to find in this case Mr. Medina is a danger to this community and others," he told Driggers.

"The court has a serious concern about the propriety of this defendant's release," he said.

Medina is charged with vehicular homicide in connection to a crash that occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 27 on Interstate 10. Police say Medina struck a vehicle, and Austin Wagner of Las Cruces, riding a motorcycle, then struck Medina's vehicle. Wagner died from his injuries.

Wagner's fiancee, Kayle Leyba of Las Cruces, and her parents from Albuquerque were in the gallery watching the hearing Friday. When Driggers issued the ruling, Leyba cried loudly in the courtroom. After the proceeding, she said she was glad to know Medina will be behind bars until trial.